Although the maple tree outside my window has been going bald since August,
autumn officially began in the Northern Hemisphere only a couple of weeks
ago. Other trees have joined in now. Leaves are turning yellow and brown
and red and other shades in between.

This week's words in AWAD will help you describe the colors of autumn. All
of these five words for colors are inspired by the names of places around
the world. In our search for their origins, we'll visit Italy, China,
Cambodia, and Turkey.

sienna

From Italian terra di Siena (earth of Siena). After Siena, a city in Italy
once noted for the mining of this mineral. In its roasted form, the color is
known as burnt sienna.

USAGE:

"Once you plow through the manual, you can program all your preferred
settings, meaning the oven will remember just which shade of sienna
you like your toast."
Melissa Clark; Compact Cookery; The New York Times; Aug 24, 2005.